# Present the district budget to the school board and community

Turns a district budget into a clear board presentation explaining revenue, spending, trade-offs, and impact on students.

- Topic: Presentations & Public Speaking
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Finance, Presentations, Plan, Code, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/present-the-district-budget-to-the-school-board-and-community

## Prompt

```text
Help me present our district budget to the school board and the public.

**Budget year and total:** [DETAILS]
**Revenue sources:** [e.g. state aid formula, local levy, federal Title funds, ESSER ending, grants]
**Major changes from last year:** [cuts, additions, enrollment change, salary agreements]
**Fund balance and reserve policy:** [DETAILS]
**Hard trade-offs:** [e.g. "closing a school", "larger class sizes", "cutting a program"]
**Audience concerns I expect:** [e.g. taxes, layoffs, specific programs]
**Time allowed:** [MINUTES]

Build:
1. A slide-by-slide outline (10-14 slides): where the money comes from, where it goes (per-pupil and by function: instruction, support, operations, transportation), what changed and why, enrollment trend, fund balance, the trade-offs, and the impact on students.
2. One plain-language headline per slide, no accounting jargon.
3. Speaker notes for each slide.
4. A one-page community handout.
5. Likely board and public questions with honest answers, including the ones about taxes and staffing.

Rules:
- Use only the figures I give; mark gaps [ADD FIGURE].
- Show one-time money (grants, expiring federal funds) separately from recurring revenue.
- Follow state budget hearing and public notice requirements, marked [CONFIRM].
```

## What to fill in

- DETAILS
- cuts, additions, enrollment change, salary agreements
- e.g. taxes, layoffs, specific programs
- MINUTES
- ADD FIGURE
- CONFIRM

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